This is actually a great thought experiment. Some philosopher (I forget the details) suggested that a culture/society could be judged how willing people would be to take the place of any random person within it. Like when people are like “American culture peaked in the 20s/50s/etc”, but you can point out that only counts if you’re a white man. The experience of pretty much everyone else is unenviable for a multitude of reasons.

You’re suggesting that yeah there may be some positions that are better than others, but pretty much any of them would be good.

I have two photo books from high school, so maybe 30 pictures of me and friends or family from then. There’s a bit of a gap due to using poor back up practices. Recently I’ve been having a book of pictures printed to save the highlights of my year. I’m not naturally a picture taker so knowing I want to have pictures for “the book” has been a bit of a motivator.

The last two years, I’ve also gathered photos of my nephew and made a similar book which runs from birthday to birthday for him.

I always took it as a compliment when older people in my life wanted to set me up. Like they enjoyed me enough to add me to their family?

Fair. It was the California Bay Area

That still feels on the low end. It’s what I paid for my photos in 2018 and I got a friends rate.